Crime & Safety
Man Slices Forearm, Smears Blood On Florida Holocaust Memorial: Police
Christopher Green, 44, has been charged with criminal mischief of a place of worship in Miami Beach.
MIAMI BEACH, FL — A homeless man is accused of defacing a Holocaust memorial in Miami Beach with his own blood.
According to police, witnesses saw Christopher Green, 44, dig into his left forearm Tuesday, causing it to bleed.
He then smeared his blood along the Holocaust Museum Wall on Meridian Avenue before walking away, police said.
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"The defendant wrote numerous letters of the alphabet in his blood. The letters he wrote did not spell anything readable," a police report states.
Green was arrested two days later while walking east on the MacArthur Causeway. Prior to his arrest, police described him as cooperative.
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He is charged with criminal mischief of a place of worship in Miami Beach.
It was not immediately clear what object Green may have used to cut himself in the first place.
He was booked into the Miami Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation Center.
A judge set Green's bail at $5,000.
According to the Holocaust Museum Wall's website, the memorial took more than four years to build. Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel served as a guest speaker during its dedication ceremony on Feb. 4, 1990.
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